A Gift of Thanks Worth 150,000 Magic Stones

"I don't like this kind of victory."

"It feels like an unearned win."

"The victory I wanted was one where, under fair conditions, I stepped on her head and climbed upward. Not one where I got more time to grow because of some sudden incident."

Leo said, "I don't see it that way. She was indeed held back for more than a month, but didn't you also spend a period of time not focusing on your wizard studies? Now, you're simply standing on the same stage as her."

"That's different!" Ilis said decisively. "I chose not to cultivate. Her lack of cultivation was an accident."

"What I want is a fairer victory."

Leo smiled. "There's nothing wrong with saying that."

Leo felt that Ilis was still a little too straightforward.

In his view, no matter what the process was, the result was what mattered most.

The two of them were chatting.

Leo's mobile communicator rang.

When Leo picked up the communicator, Ilis looked over with envy written all over her face.

She still could not afford something worth ten thousand Magic Stones.

"Wizard Leo, regarding the materials you wanted earlier, I may not be able to get them for you."

Huangtu's voice came through the communicator.

Leo frowned and asked, "Wizard Huangtu, does the Wyvern Club not have any stock of those materials right now?"

"That isn't it."

Huangtu sighed softly. "The truth is, the Wyvern Club's current person in charge, Wizard Aierte, has refused to sell the materials to you at the normal price."

Leo said, "But Wizard Saffi promised me before that I could buy any materials I wanted from the Wyvern Club at the normal price."

"I know that, but Wizard Aierte refuses to acknowledge it. And Wizard Saffi has left the Tower of Dawn again. Perhaps